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November 17, 2010 12:00 AM EST
MTV removed the words "music television" from its logo earlier this year, but with the not-so-sudden surge in the popularity of music videos (thanks in no small part to YouTube), it's getting back in the music game. When it comes to ...

November 17, 2010 12:00 AM EST
Barry Manilow and Jamiroquai have joined the lineup of artists to perform at the annual Nobel Peace Prize Concert in Oslo. Organizers say Indian musician A.R. Rahman, who did the score for "Slumdog Millionaire," will also feature in the ...

November 16, 2010 12:00 AM EST
Australia's Laneway Festival will debut in Asia next year with a date in Singapore. The city-state's historic Fort Canning Park will host the inaugural Laneway Singapore on January 29. Laneway then heads Down Under for a six-date run. Fi ...

November 08, 2010 12:00 AM EST
Universal Music U.K. CEO/chairman and BRIT Awards committee chairman David Joseph has made some big changes to the awards ceremony. The move to London's O2 Arena, which was confirmed in September, signaled that the ceremony organized by trade ...

November 02, 2010 12:00 AM EDT
U.K. singer songwriter Adele will release her new album "21" via XL Recordings on Jan. 24, 2011 in the U.K. The single "Rolling In The Deep" is out Jan. 16. The North American release of the album will follow on Feb. 22 via Col ...

September 23, 2010 12:00 AM EDT
A quick look at the most notable jumps and drops on this week's Billboard 200 albums and Hot 100 singles charts. The Billboard 200: -- Linkin Park: The rock band beat out R&B singer Trey Songz for the No. 1 slot on the Billboard 200 album ...

September 22, 2010 12:00 AM EDT
Linkin Park notches its fourth No. 1 album on the Billboard 200 as its "A Thousand Suns" album debuts atop the list with 241,000 sold, according to Nielsen SoundScan. The rock band beats out R&B singer Trey Songz, as the latter' ...

September 16, 2010 12:00 AM EDT
The Official Charts Company (OCC) has confirmed that download sales have hit 500 million in the U.K. The half a billion total was achieved at the end of August and took just over six years. The OCC says the download market took off in 2004; a down ...

September 16, 2010 12:00 AM EDT
A quick look at the most notable jumps and drops on this week's Billboard 200 albums and Hot 100 singles charts. The Billboard 200 -- Sara Bareilles: The singer/songwriter scores her first No. 1 album this week as her sophomore set, "Kal ...

September 12, 2010 12:00 AM EDT
Lady Gaga won the first three awards announced at the MTV VMAs in Los Angeles Sunday night (Sept. 12), taking home moon men for best dance video ("Bad Romance"), best collaboration video for "Telephone" featuring Beyoncé, and b ...

September 01, 2010 12:00 AM EDT
Universal Music Group's revenues for the first half of 2010 declined to €1.9 billion ($2.4 billion), down 5.4% on a year earlier. The decline was 7.9% on a constant currency basis. In parent company Vivendi's first half results, it said ...

August 18, 2010 12:00 AM EDT
A quick look at the most notable jumps and drops on this week's Billboard 200 albums and Hot 100 singles charts. The Billboard 200: -- Eminem: This week, the hip-hop king's "Recovery" returned to No. 1 on the Billboard 200 albu ...

July 15, 2010 12:00 AM EDT
The U.K. Entertainment Retailers' Association (ERA) issued first half figures for 2010 that show small year on year increases in unit and value sales. The trade group said sales of music and video products were "surprisingly resilient&qu ...

July 08, 2010 12:00 AM EDT
-- Eminem : The hip-hop king holds at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 for a second week with "Recovery" with 313,000 (down 58%) while the top debut belongs to the-Dream's "Love King" at No. 4 with 58,000. With the top of the ta ...

June 23, 2010 12:00 AM EDT
Glastonbury Festival does not officially begin until tomorrow, but thousands of fans have started arriving on site today (June 23) to set up camp for the week ahead. The gates are open at Worthy Farm in Somerset and those who do arrive early will ...

June 11, 2010 12:00 AM EDT
Led Zeppelin's Jimmy Page was inducted into the Mojo hall of fame at a ceremony in London. The honor, supported by Universal Catalog Marketing, was presented at the Mojo Honours List ceremony at the Brewery venue in London last night (June 10 ...

May 05, 2010 12:00 AM EDT
London act Florence and the Machine has four Mojo music award nominations, ahead of rockers Kasabian who have three and Arctic Monkeys and Richard Hawley who both have two. The U.K. awards, organized by Mojo magazine, are decided by readers voting ...

April 30, 2010 12:00 AM EDT
Estelle will be a special guest performer at the Art of Elysium's second annual New York City event tonight (April 30), replacing Florence and the Machine, who was originally scheduled to perform. The Art of Elysium is an organization that en ...

April 19, 2010 12:00 AM EDT
Florence and the Machine will be a special guest performer at the Art of Elysium's second annual New York City event on April 30. The Art of Elysium is an organization that encourages working actors, artists and musicians to dedicate their ti ...

April 16, 2010 12:00 AM EDT
Flights from the U.K. have been grounded for a second day by volcanic ash, which has left several acts' appearances at Coachella in doubt. The restrictions on U.K. airspace will continue until 1am BST on April 17. Transport minister Lord Adon ...

April 15, 2010 12:00 AM EDT
U.K. acts Gary Numan, the Cribs and Bad Lieutenant could miss their Coachella Festival appearances this weekend because of volcanic ash affecting flights. All flights in and out of Britain have been stopped because of a volcanic eruption in Icelan ...

March 01, 2010 12:00 AM EST
The U.K. music industry has come out in support of under-threat BBC 6 Music, the modern rock digital radio station. U.K. labels trade body the BPI and indies counterpart AIM have voiced their concern about the potential closure of the station . Al ...

March 01, 2010 12:00 AM EST
Jason Derulo's "In My Head" (Warner Bros.) became the American singer's first U.K. No. 1 single, as Lady Gaga's "The Fame" (Interscope/Universal) started a new stint atop the album chart, and the top ten welcomed ...

February 22, 2010 12:00 AM EST
"Glee The Music Season One Vol. 1" (Epic/Sony Music Entertainment) raced from No. 68 to top the new U.K. album chart. Sony's all-star Helping Haiti charity cover of "Everybody Hurts," on Syco Music, started a second week ...

February 17, 2010 12:00 AM EST
TV ratings for the BRIT Awards, which included performances from Robbie Williams, Kasabian and Lady Gaga as well as a duet from Jay-Z and Alicia Keys, peaked at 6.3 million viewers. The live broadcast on ITV1 last night (Feb. 16) averaged 5.8 mill ...

February 12, 2010 12:00 AM EST
U.K. trade body the BPI has partnered with iTunes on an exclusive release of the BRIT Awards duet between alt-rock act Florence and the Machine and rapper Dizzee Rascals. The pair will perform "You Got The Dirtee Love" - a mash-up of Flo ...

February 11, 2010 12:00 AM EST
U.K. chart-topper Alicia Keys is to perform with Jay-Z at the BRIT Awards in London on Feb. 16. Keys, currently at the top of the U.K. albums chart with "The Element of Freedom" (J/Sony Music), last performed at the event in 2004. Keys a ...

February 04, 2010 12:00 AM EST
Lady Gaga maintains pole position on Billboard's European Albums chart with "The Fame" (Interscope/Universal), but loses out to a new female frontrunner on European Hot 100 Singles, as her "Bad Romance" is replaced at No. ...

February 01, 2010 12:00 AM EST
Owl City's "Fireflies" (Universal Island) started a second week as the U.K.'s favorite single, as Paolo Nutini's "Sunny Side Up" (Atlantic/Warner Music) returned to No. 1 on the artist album chart. But perhaps ...

January 28, 2010 12:00 AM EST
Lady Gaga pulls off a European chart double on Billboard's new composite sales charts, extending her reign on European Albums with "The Fame" to a fourth consecutive week and climbing back 2-1 on Hot 100 Singles with "Bad Roman ...

January 26, 2010 12:00 AM EST
Music played a big role in today’s Australia's Day celebrations Down Under, with children's favorites the Wiggles and British folk-rock quartet Mumford & Sons taking centre stage. The Wiggles were recognized in this year's Austr ...

January 19, 2010 12:00 AM EST
Jay-Z, Muse and Gorillaz will headline the 11th annual Coachella Valley Music & Arts Festival, to be held April 16-18 at Empire Polo Field in Indio, Calif. Also confirmed are LCD Soundsystem, Faith No More, Thom Yorke, Pavement and the Special ...

January 18, 2010 12:00 AM EST
Florence and the Machine's debut album "Lungs" (Universal Island) finally claimed the No. 1 spot it was denied in an opening five-week run at No. 2 last summer, as the new U.K. sales charts were announced. There was a second week at ...

January 18, 2010 12:00 AM EST
Ahead of the nominations for the BRIT Awards later today (Jan. 18), performers at this year's ceremony have been unveiled. The Feb. 16 event, organized by U.K. trade body the BPI, will feature performances from Lady Gaga, British pop act JLS ...

January 11, 2010 12:00 AM EST
The return of U.K. music TV chart show "Top of the Pops" for Christmas Day and New Year's Eve won decent ratings for the BBC. The weekly chart countdown was pulled from the schedules in July 2006 after a 42-year run. Various revamps ...

December 31, 2009 12:00 AM EST
U.K. entertainment retailers fear that conservatism among music, film and games companies means their products face losing the interest of the British public. That's the core point of a New Year message issued to the entertainment industry to ...

December 02, 2009 12:00 AM EST
Over a year after its U.S. rollout, MySpace Music has made its long-awaited bow in the United Kingdom, going live at 00.01 U.K. time today (Dec. 3), following a launch gig by U.K. rock band Kasabian at London's Heaven venue. As with the U.S. ...

November 13, 2009 12:00 AM EST
The U.K. iTunes store is urging music fans to vote for their favorite song and album of 2009 from a shortlist published today (Nov. 13). The 10 songs and 10 albums were chosen by the iTunes U.K. editorial team in London from the year's releas ...

November 13, 2009 12:00 AM EST
U.K. indies Wichita, Moshi Moshi Records and Bella Union and French indie Because Music have all signed up to IMU, a new London-based venture that will help the independent sector to license content to brands and agencies for marketing campaigns. ...

November 04, 2009 12:00 AM EST
The opening panel at the 6th annual Billboard Touring Conference and Awards, which runs Nov. 4-5 in New York, spotlighted one of the music industry's largest challenges: artist development. Panelists noted that concert ticket discounting, and ...